Cargo Description: Her hold was full of grain (beans and oats) and hay bales were piled on the deck (covered with canvas).

Length: 60.10

Beam: 14.70

Depth of Hold: 7.30

Hull Material: wood

Gross Tonnage: 30.00

Propulsion Type: sail/aux. gas

Number of Masts: 0

Vessel

Location

Body of Water: Green Bay

County: Door

Latitude: N 45° 06.770'

Longitude: W 087° 25.842'

Vessel

Builder

Registry Number: 116780

Builder: Rebuilt in 1914 by Hemming Larson in Menominee.

Year Built: 1897

Location Built: South haven, Michigan

Owners: C.E. Larson and Capt. Eli Christianson

Service History

The Starlight was rebuilt the previous winter in Menominee by Hemming Larson (she was originally built in 1897 in South Haven).
"She had been engaged in trading between the east and west shore this fall and to Frankfert during the summer."

Final Voyage

"The Starlight left Sister Bay with a load of potatoes, grain, hay and apples destinated for Marinette. About 10 miles from her destination, she had just passed the point of Chamber's Island when a fire broke out in the hay cargo. Captain Sam Christianson and his crew of two men turned the ship around and headed toward Chamber's Island. The blaze was fanned by a stiff northwest wind which finally drove the trio off the freighter into a small yawl when the ship was still 2 miles off the island. As the ship burned and sank, the men rowed for shore. Unfortunately, the yawl capsized in the surf several hundred yards offshore forcing the sailors to swim for the beach. Totally exhausted and half-frozen, they managed to hike the 4 miles to safety at the Chamber's Island lighthouse."